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Underground Route to Robeson Township, Berks County,
from Sadsbury, Chester County* Chester County
(Letter from Richard L. Brown, Librarian,
Reading, Pa*, May 19, 19^4*)
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Dear Prof. Siebert:
Our coiinty histories containing nothing on the undergroxmd railroad during the Civil War and before.
ITiere is an article in the Historical Review of Berks County, volume 6, pages 107«9, July, I94l, en¬ titled Berk* s County* s Station on the Underground Rail¬ road, by John E* Eshelman. Elizabeth P* Scarlet, of scarlet fann in Robeson township, Berks County, was active in the movement; slaves were sent to her by James Williams of Sadsbury, Chester County, with a slip of paper on which was written "Bonsall* s, Mor- gantown, Joanna Furnace, Scarlet's*"
Yours very truly,
Richard L* Brown, Librarian. [Reading Public Library]*

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Underground Route to Robeson Township, Berks County,
from Sadsbury, Chester County* Chester County
(Letter from Richard L. Brown, Librarian,
Reading, Pa*, May 19, 19^4*)
. 9 . « . e e
Dear Prof. Siebert:
Our coiinty histories containing nothing on the undergroxmd railroad during the Civil War and before.
ITiere is an article in the Historical Review of Berks County, volume 6, pages 107«9, July, I94l, en¬ titled Berk* s County* s Station on the Underground Rail¬ road, by John E* Eshelman. Elizabeth P* Scarlet, of scarlet fann in Robeson township, Berks County, was active in the movement; slaves were sent to her by James Williams of Sadsbury, Chester County, with a slip of paper on which was written "Bonsall* s, Mor- gantown, Joanna Furnace, Scarlet's*"
Yours very truly,
Richard L* Brown, Librarian. [Reading Public Library]*